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Bill that modifies the title "On the protection of maternity, paternity and family life and regulates a regime of telecommuting and teleworking under the conditions indicated".

A few days ago, the Government presented a Bill (Bulletin No. 16,092-13) to amend the Labor Code by incorporating a series of rules on the protection of maternity and paternity and the reconciliation of personal, family and working life. This bill is in its first legislative procedure in the Senate.

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National Lithium Strategy Update

On June 16, 2023, the Government released - as a complement to what was announced on April 21, 2023 in the document "Lithium, a Historic Opportunity for a Developed Chile" - the main details of the so-called "National Lithium Strategy" (the "Strategy"), in a document entitled "Estrategia Nacional del Litio. For Chile and its People". Below, we comment on the most relevant content:

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Labor effects of Law No. 21,565 on the Protection and Integral Reparation of Victims of Femicide

(...) In the first place, Article 8 of this norm establishes that the victims of attempted femicide will have the right to protection in the labor sphere, for which reason they will enjoy labor protection from the time of the perpetration of the act until one year later. For this reason, the eventual termination of their employment contract by decision of their employer will only proceed once it has been judicially authorized by means of the corresponding dismissal, in accordance with the provisions of Article 174 of the Labor Code.

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Progress on the bill to reduce the workday to 40 hours per week

On Wednesday, January 25, the Senate Labor Committee unanimously approved the bill that reduces the working day to 40 hours per week. This, after having incorporated - by way of indications - a series of provisions that allow the implementation of flexibility mechanisms, and thus, unblock the processing of this regulation.

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